Would You Like A Job With That Virus?

Cyber crooks are targeting a wave of new attacks at people searching for jobs online, security experts warn. Oddly enough, the criminals behind this scam appear to be just as interested in hiring you as they are in hijacking your PC.

August 19, 2007 (Computerworld) -- The 46,000 people reportedly infected by ads on job sites may be only a fraction of the victims of an ambitious, multistage attack that has stolen data belonging to several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, a researcher said this weekend.

"With very little effort, I could put together a profile of you that includes such information as your home address, your home phone number, your e-mail address, your birthday," said analyst Ron O'Brien. "We need to kind of take a step back and decide whether it's really required for us to provide all the information requested of us."